To the Clouds and Above

by KidatHeart5

Meeting Dewdrop and Flying Kite

Out on the wide glen, Discord leaned on a lawn chair and tanned his fur with his sun reflector. He sighed, “What a perfect sunny day! A nice tan, a refreshing drink, and not a single nuisance in sight! What could get better than this?” He was taking a sip when he suddenly heard shouting. He stopped sipping and looked around. When there was only silence, he set the drink down and resumed tanning.

He heard the sound again and it stopped just as quickly as it started. When the sound resumed again, it grew louder. Discord became fed up with this, so he shouted, “All right! Whoever’s making that racket better…”

WHUMP!

Discord found himself on the ground, apparently from being knocked off his chair. After he regained his senses, he growled as he tore off his sunglasses, “Watch it! Are you trying to break my bones or…” He stopped when he saw a Pegasus mare on him. She had a daffodil yellow coat and a light blue mane and tail in bunches. What was most striking about her, however, was that she had a patch on her left eye. She looked terrified, so Discord calmly said, “Uh…Hello.”

Despite his calm greeting, the frightened pony scampered off the left side of his body. He turned to face her, only to see a colt with a red coat and scruffy purple mane rush in to protect the mare. The colt pointed his horn towards Discord and warned, “Back off, foul creature, or I’ll blast you beyond the cosmos!” Discord chuckled, “I’d like to see you try.” When the colt summoned a teal aura from his horn, Discord wrapped his talon to cover the pony’s horn. Following a mini-burst, a flag with the word “BANG!” on it emerged between Discord’s thumb and forefinger.

After Discord released his horn, the colt proceeded to take off the flag attached to it. As he was doing so, Discord said, “That is why you should never mess with the Lord of Chaos.” The mare’s blue eye widened and she gasped, “You’re Discord? Wow! I never thought we’d get to meet you face-to-face!” She blushed and sheepishly said, “I’m sorry I got scared of you.”

Discord shrugged, “Eh, it’s not every day you meet a creature with as many mismatched parts as I do. So, what are you kids doing out here?” The colt gestured to his friend and said, “Well, I’m trying to teach…” The mare quickly covered his mouth with her hooves and chuckled nervously, “Er…some foals how to…uh…create their own dance moves. Yeah, that’s it!”

The draconequus didn’t quite take her story, but his focus was on something else. He pointed towards her flank and said, “How odd that you don’t have a cutie mark.” The mare immediately looked at her blank flank and covered it up with her tail. She blushed as she smiled nervously, “Oh, wow! That yellow paint must’ve really covered up my cutie mark good. Come on, Kite. Let’s go back and wash this off.”

Just before the two could go anywhere, Discord floated over them and said, “Ah, bup, bup! Let’s not be hasty now. I mean, look at me. I don’t have a cutie mark and I never will. Don’t pity me, because I’m glad to be a unique creature.” He chuckled, “One who has the power of chaos.”

Kite shrugged, “Well, I guess this makes me the odd pony out because I have a cutie mark.” He turned to show Discord his cutie mark, which was a piano. The mare giggled and then apologized, “You’re right. I’m sorry I lied to you, Mr. Discord.” Discord waved his paw and claw in dismissal and said, “Oh, please. None of that ‘Mister’ stuff now. Just call me ‘Lord Discord’.”

When he struck a dramatic pose, he looked at the two ponies. Kite looked less than amused and he remarked, “Oh, really? If you’re ‘Lord Discord’, shouldn’t you have Equestria under your rule by now?” Discord slumped as soon as Kite said that and he explained, “Well, I did twice until I got turned to stone both times.” The mare asked, “Then how did you get out after the second time?”

Discord then gave a sly look as he said, “You know, I never got your names. You know mine, but I don’t know yours. How can I tell you my story if I don’t know who you are?” The mare said, “Oh, sorry! I’m Dewdrop, and this is Flying Kite.” Discord couldn’t help but stifle a snicker as he said, “’Flying Kite’? But you’re not even a Pegasus!”

Kite retorted, “Watch it, pal! I may have a name that doesn’t suit my destiny, but I know more about flying than she does!” He gasped and covered his mouth, in horror of what he just said. Dewdrop hung her head low and Kite tried to apologize, “Dewy, I’m sorry. I…”

Dewdrop whispered, “It’s okay, Kite. You see, the whole reason we came out here was that he could teach me to fly.” Discord looked at her in surprise and asked, “You’ve never flown before?” The mare answered, “Well, it’s more like since I was a filly. I did fly before…before…”

The lump in her throat cut off the sentence as she sat down and began to weep. Flying Kite placed his front legs on her to comfort her and snarled at Discord, “Now look what you did. You shouldn’t have asked her.” Discord stood there dumbfounded as Kite helped Dewdrop stand up and said to her, “Come on, Dewy. Let’s get back home.”

Kite shot Discord a dirty look as he and Dewy headed straight back to their residence. Discord, although guilty that he had hurt Dewdrop’s feelings, couldn’t help but think, What did I do?